The CBC is following a story about the people who would like to see J.K. Rowling's Potter books banned from public schools in the U.S.A. A mother of 3 from Georgia says the series tells kids how to make potions and spells and wave magic wands, oh My! She asked the school board officials why reading* was part of the curriculum, saying,
"The kind of stuff in these books--murder and greed and violence. Why do they have to read them in school?"
(I guess the daily news isn't full of murder, greed and violence like Potter books are, hey?)
Well to answer the lady's misguided question: academic life IS part of life. You cannot separate school and personal life when you're a wee one--it's your whole life. And if you were a bookworm like I was, you definitely don't want to take away a beautiful thing like reading for pleasure and school credit. What is this, 2001? Anybody remember this Canadian censorship scandal?
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*ahem, reading these books.
"The kind of stuff in these books--murder and greed and violence. Why do they have to read them in school?"
(I guess the daily news isn't full of murder, greed and violence like Potter books are, hey?)
Well to answer the lady's misguided question: academic life IS part of life. You cannot separate school and personal life when you're a wee one--it's your whole life. And if you were a bookworm like I was, you definitely don't want to take away a beautiful thing like reading for pleasure and school credit. What is this, 2001? Anybody remember this Canadian censorship scandal?
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*ahem, reading these books.
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